On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:44:26AM +0000, Xyne wrote: [...]
How hard would it be to create an action queue for comments and flagging?
The idea would be to add a new field to the user accounts table (e.g. a boolean named "supervise"). The default value would be true for new accounts. The value could be changed by TUs and/or automatically changed after a fixed interval and/or certain actions (depending on how far you want to go with the logic).
When flagged, comments and actions would be submitted to a queue that would be accessible to TUs via a webpage with accept/reject buttons for each action.
This avoids the annoyance and data collection of captchas and it also avoids the risk of blacklisting legitimate users who share IP ranges (or some proxy) with trolls. Bonus: AUR automation tools will not be broken.
It will introduce a variable delay before actions are executed but in most cases this will probably not be more than a couple of hours given the current number of TUs. [...]
Delays in actions are worse than Captchas. If I do something, I want immediate feedback. Otherwise I assume the system is not working and I would try again... ...maybe 3 or 5 or 10 times until I think "AUR is shit!", "Fuck Arch". Even Captchas allow immediate feedback, even they insist me to have detour instead of a straight way. But at least I know whats going on. Waiting - especially if there is an unknown delay time - is the whorst case. Ciao, Oliver